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What trade-offs come with Artifact Promotion (Build Once)?
What trade-offs come with Artifact Promotion (Build Once)?
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Pros: What you tested is what you ship. Cons: Needs good registry + digest pinning.
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Trade-offs for Artifact Promotion (Build Once): Pros: What you tested is what you ship. Cons: Needs good registry + digest pinning. Decision rule: choose Artifact Promotion (Build Once) when the benefits outweigh operational cost for your SLO. Parent context: At Fresher depth: start with the problem, then mechanism, then a short example. Build a versioned image/package once in CI; promote the same digest through staging→prod.
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Strong answers state both sides and when you would pick an alternative. Pros: What you tested is what you ship. Cons: Needs good registry + digest pinning.
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Parent context — Artifact Promotion (Build Once)
At Fresher depth: start with the problem, then mechanism, then a short example. Build a versioned image/package once in CI; promote the same digest through staging→prod.
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